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♪ ♪ >> announcer: tonight, on "late night with seth meyers," senator bernie sanders anchor of cnbc's "the news with shepard smith," shepard smith, music from sleaford mods featuring the 8g band with fred armisen ♪ and now, seth meyers >> seth: welcome to "late night. how is everybody doing election day is now five days away or roughly 12 sticks of deodorant. let's get to the news. former department of homeland security chief of staff miles taylor revealed himself yesterday to be the unnamed senior trump administration official who wrote a 2018 "new

york times" op-ed critical of president trump under the pseudonym "anonymous." though i feel like if we asked ourself who is able to write a book, we would have got it through process of elimination in recently released audio, president trump told veteran reporter bob woodward that his son-in-law, jared kushner was, quote, "one smart cookie" and added, quote, "very capable guy, jared. you can't get people like this." and lord knows, the fbi has tried. halloween is this saturday if you can't afford to go to a haunted house, just visit your office for the first time since march. "oh! those used to be pickles." in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, german chancellor angela merkel yesterday announced a month-long partial lockdown which will close bars, restaurants, and theaters, and by the looks of it, hair salons. see, we don't just make fun of his hair president trump's campaign ran an ad yesterday on youtube's home page that compared former

vice president joe biden to a zombie as opposed to trump who has never once shown any interest in brains very good. very good zombie joke. the u.s. space force -- yeah, that's right the u.s. space force yesterday announced that its second in command officer has tested positive for the coronavirus, which is an actual news item and not, as you might think, an episode summary for a terrible netflix series "a man in the -- you've got to get to episode six yeah no, it's slow. it picks up in episode six no, it really gets good in episode six. seven, maybe -- episode seven. a man in the bronx who was waiting for a bus recently broke his leg and arm after he fell into a 15-foot sinkhole full of rats that opened up underneath him. the man described the experience as still better than the bus [ light laughter ] and finally, the #fakemelania has been trending on twitter because of this recent picture of the president with what

appears to be a look-alike of his wife and many people believe this isn't the first time a fake melania has appeared in place of the real thing here to talk about it is melania trump. >> oh, hello, seth hello. oh, seth, hello. i am melania trump >> seth: nope. right away, you are not. >> seth! how could you say that i'm clearly melania trump. >> seth: you are clearly not that >> if i wasn't melania trump, how would i know this? melania trump was born in 1970 in novo mesto, slovenia. >> seth: you're reading that off your phone >> okay. what if i go like this then i'm like really melania trump. >> seth: you want me to believe you're the melania trump >> i am a melania trump, yes there are many of us, like the many santa clauses at different malls! do you not like christmas, seth? >> seth: i like christmas. do you >> [ bleep ] christmas

see, i am melania trump. >> seth: well, i'm still skeptical, but that did sound like melania so why are you here? what is it that you wanted to say? >> i wanted to say this. hello. i'm definitely melania trump and with the election just days away, i'm here to ask suburban wives to vote for my husband, donald trump, who i married in 2005, and with whom i have one son, barron. >> seth: you had to flip the page to remember your son's name >> how many pages do you think donald would have to flip? >> seth: oh, fair. >> he calls him his tall son >> seth: very fair go on. >> despite what online research may suggest, i love my husband, and i trust that he is the man to "make america great again," which is still his slogan. >> seth: yes it's one of his slogans. did you ever read through that first? >> i don't need to because i am

melania trump. >> seth: quick, without looking at your notes, do you like ivanka >> seth, no one likes ivanka >> seth: all right [ laughter ] all right. you got lucky that time. but don't you think it's absurd that the president of the united states has such a weird relationship with his wife that he hires other women to play her and expects no one to notice >> seth, do you think donald trump voters are good at noticing weird things? >> seth: uh, fair. >> so, in conclusion - vote for donald trump, my husband that i married [ laughter ] >> seth: you should not -- you should not have had to look at those. >> melania trump >> seth: melania trump, everybody! you guys, we have got a great show for you tonight senator bernie sanders is here plus, he's got a new show on cnbc shepard smith will call in to chat and we have music from a fantastic punk duo from the u.k., one of my favorites, sleaford mods will perform on the show tonight but before we get to all that, the president and his allies

have decided on a closing message for the final days of the campaign whine about social media and pretend the pandemic is over for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: there's a lot you can say about donald trump's inner circle and the leadership of the modern republican party, but when you boil it down, it's basically just a collection of gigantic weirdos they're the people who collect ceramic pigs and sit by their windows, writing down license plate numbers for no reason. take, for example, house minority leader kevin mccarthy, who showed up to one of trump's rallies yesterday and claimed republicans are going to take back the house mccarthy then belched up this, i think, english sentence about house speaker nancy pelosi >> i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. [ cheers and applause and i promise you this, i won't bang her with it, but i'll bang the end to the socialism and, yes, to america. >> seth: what now?

"i'll bang the end to the socialism and yes to america"? that sounds like a poorly translated leaflet dropped on moscow during the cold war why do all these guys talk like rip-off dollar store action figures made in eastern europe that your grandma would get you for christmas? "oh, wow, it's a fuzz goodyear let me pull the string " >> infinity is where i'm going and maybe even a little bit further! >> seth: the leaders of the modern gop are basically just a bunch of goofy old puds. yeah, i said it, puds. [ laughter ] the type of guy who's still working at your hometown bowling alley 30 years after high school, because he gets free disco fries. "plus i get all the shoe spray i can huff, and that is a lot. for example, republicans held a hearing on big tech companies yesterday just to complain about supposed social media bias against conservatives, which, it's not a thing now, there are progressives, like elizabeth warren and tonight's guest, bernie sanders, who really do want to break up big tech monopolies that have

consolidated too much power. but republicans just want to whine about mean tweets they don't like the best example of that came from wisconsin senator ron johnson, when he complained about an obviously satirical tweet. >> mr. dorsey, you talked about your policies toward misinformation and that you will block misinformation if it's about civic integrity, election interference or voter suppression. let me give you a tweet that was put up on twitter. it says, "senator ron johnson is my neighbor and strangled our dog, buttons, right in front of my 4-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter the police refuse to investigate. this is a complete lie, but important to retweet and note that there are more of my lies to come. how could that not be a violation of voter suppression obviously, if people think i'm strangling my neighbor's dog, they may not show up at the polls. that would be voter suppression. >> seth: "and another thing, mr. dorsey, last night, my

doorbell rang late at night. so i went to answer it, and when i opened the door, there was a flaming bag of poo on my front step so i tried to stamp out the fire, but i got poo all over my shoes. this is clearly an act of voter suppression by the neighborhood teens. because if i have poo-poo on my shoes, i'll be too embarrassed to go vote!" the bigger problem here is ron johnson thinks his constituents might actually believe that he strangled his neighbor's dog and, yeah, okay i can kind of see it i mean, with that said, jack dorsey looks like a dog serial killer. like, straight up, a guy who took out multiple dogs in ron johnson's corn chowder brain, a joke tweet about a senator is voter suppression, but invalidating mail-in ballots and making people wait hours to vote isn't he's like a guy who parks his bmw in a fire lane, then loses his [ bleep ] when his car gets towed. "this is voter suppression how am i supposed to get to the polling place now? and then there was tennessee senator marsha blackburn, who asked the ceo of google if the

company was still employing someone who criticized her >> is blake lemoine, one of your engineers, still working with you? >> uh, senator, i'm familiar with his name as a name. i'm not sure that he's currently an employee. >> okay. well, he has had very unkind things to say about me, and i was just wondering if you all had still kept him working there. >> seth: man, fox news is right. cancel culture is out of control. she sounds like she's asking to speak the manager about a sales assistant at costco. "is madison still working here she had very unkind things to say about me when i tried to sample the pizza rolls in the frozen aisle very hurtful things about how i'm not supposed to open the box. this is the fundamental reality of the modern gop. they're all donald trump he complains about social media, so they complain about social media, even though most of them don't have the tech savvy to handle the laundry room bulletin board. "coffee table for sale what the hell does obo mean? this is unfair!"

this is what the gop is now. they've failed at everything else, so they're reduced to whining about mean tweets and trying to get people fired and in their warped minds, they think this is more important than the deadly pandemic that's killed 227,000 americans eric trump actually claimed supposed social media bias against conservatives was the biggest issue in the election. >> you better believe they also have their fingers on the dial i mean, if i put something out that they disagree with, the numbers are down i mean, i can just see it based on engagements and likes you can, too, on yours they are censoring us. they don't do it to the other side it's gross, but americans are seeing through it. believe me, americans see through it i'm telling you, people aren't happy about it i think it's actually become probably the number one issue in politics >> yeah. wow. >> the last couple weeks >> seth: yeah, man, it's definitely the number one issue in politics right now. in polls, it's right above hunter biden's laptop, lesley stahl was very nasty to mr. trump, and why did ron johnson kill that dog? [ laughter ] "he was looking at me funny!

buttons had to go. of course, none of this is working with voters, which is why trump is way down in the polls. now, a lot can still happen before the election, and polls can be wrong, as we've learned before but right now, the story seems to be pretty consistent. joe biden has a large national lead much easier path to 270 than trump. two national polls this week showed biden up by 12 and 11 points each which, somehow, gives me even more anxiety than if the race was closer it's like when your wife says she wants you to go on that guys trip to vegas for the weekend. and you're like, "okay, so what are you gonna do?" "oh, nothing." "you won't be like lonely? "oh, no, i'll be fine. "well then i'm not going!" and we have to remember not to read too much into any single poll just yesterday, one poll had biden up 17 points in wisconsin, while another had him up only 5 points in minnesota. it's the kind of maddening poll result designed to keep you up all night mainlining xanax and digging through cross tabs "okay, let's see here.

biden is over-performing with liberal suburban women under 35 who drink tazo tea and play tennis, but under-performing with centrist nascar dads over 50 who refer to the bathroom as their 'office.'" again, anything can happen, which is why you should take nothing for granted. but the fact is, everyone looking -- everyone's looking at the same polling data. the trump campaign knows they can't campaign against joe biden. so, they've decided instead to campaign against reality specifically, the reality of a deadly pandemic that is once again spreading rapidly out of control. new cases are at record numbers, and hospitals are filling up over 1,000 americans died just yesterday alone. unless we do something different, the bleak reality is only going to get bleaker, as dr. anthony fauci explained on wednesday. >> this is going to get worse. because we're going more into a colder season as we get through the fall and into the winter with the holiday season going, we've got to do something different. we just can't let this happen. we're going to have many more hospitalizations and that will

inevitably lead to more deaths so this is an untenable situation. >> seth: it's only an untenable situation if you're a sane person capable of empathy and compassion and not, you know, a sociopath who dances at his rallies during a deadly pandemic like a hungover little league umpire calling strike three. "strike three! "but mr. trump, that was only strike one." "you're out of here! you're out of here, kid! [ laughter ] trump and the gop just don't care about the pandemic. they don't care that hospital icu's are filling up, that hundreds of americans are dying every day. trump keeps showing a flagrant disregard for human life by holding giant superspreader rallies in hot spots and by pretending that the pandemic is over, and that the virus just isn't that deadly. >> with the fake news, everything is covid, covid, covid, covid. i had it here i am, right people are getting better. and, you know, you're immune that's why i could jump right there, see those men i'll kiss the men. i'm not into that, but i will

kiss every man there, and kiss every woman there if, you don't mind also. they won't catch anything. >> seth: i love how he throws in "i'm not into that," after saying he'll kiss the men, like he's giving the gay community the sad news i'm sure they all had their hopes up "what did he say oh, never mind false alarm, guys. also, if you went out in the crowd and started kissing people, i'm pretty sure they'd catch something. i wouldn't be surprised if trump's blood is full of those bacteria they usually only find in arctic ice core samples and, plus, the trump white house, remember, is a hot spot it's probably filthier than a bus stop bench in midtown. forget covid has anyone fumigated that place for bed bugs you just know trump leaves diet coke rings everywhere, and uses the curtains as napkins like oscar madison. i bet if you shined a blue light on that place, it would look like the hayden planetarium. if biden wins, they should just tear it down and build a new one across the street like they did for the mets because if it worked for the mets - what [ laughter ] oh, it didn't? it didn't work for the mets?

how bad is it? oh, it's bad [ laughter ] well, at least you still have the jets what trump has also decided to use his rallies to once again discredit one of the most powerful tools we have in fighting the virus, universal mask wearing in fact, he seems to have some very weird ideas about how you're supposed to eat with a mask on. as he explained yesterday. trump thinks instead of just taking it off, you have to get the food through the mask. >> and in california, you have a special mask you cannot, under any circumstances, take it off you have to eat through the mask it's a - [ laughter ] right? right, charlie it's a very complex mechanism. and they don't realize those germs, they go through it like nothing. they look at you with that contraption and they say that's an easy one. i'll go right through with the food now how about california though, where you're supposed to eat with the mask? can't take it off.

>> seth: is it possible you're confusing a mask with a bib? "you have to tie the mask around your neck and put it over your face before you eat. you can't see the food on the plate. that's why they put a picture of what you're eating on the bib. also why is he narrating the thought process of a germ? he sounds like a doctor giving a ted talk after a massive head wound. "the germs look at you and say, i'm going right in with the food and then they hitch a ride on the big mac, or whopper, either one, and slide down your throat into your stomach, where they pretend to be normal cells to blend in and then when no one's looking, they sneak down to your butt, and that's where the farts come from we love the farts, don't we? oh, they make us laugh with their silly sounds silly sounds not crooked joe. doesn't love the farts." there are less than five days left in the campaign, and the ruling party has decided to ignore the raging pandemic

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♪ >> seth: we've been so lucky to have fred armisen leading the 8g band all week how are you, fred? i know and fred, just to prove this is live, please wave with your left hand no just again, i want to prove it's live you might have misheard me just with the left hand. okay, great. we must have a sound issue great to see you, buddy! okay our first guest tonight is a united states senator from vermont and a former presidential candidate please welcome back to the show, our friend, senator bernie sanders how are you, senator >> i'm waving with my left hand. how's that [ laughter ] >> seth: good, see we've got a good zoom connection with you that's a great sign.

and may i just say, we've commented on it, on our show before, i'm a big fan of your backdrops. they're always very nature themed, they're very pleasant. and in these trying times, i feel like they bring a little calm to the proceedings. >> and also we're trying to get people to come visit us here in the state of vermont that's how beautiful it is [ laughter ] >> seth: very nicely done. you are no stranger to the importance of voter turnout. one of your first elections as the mayor of burlington, vermont, true story, you only won by ten votes. is that correct? >> after a recount, that's right. >> seth: so i think that, you know, one of the reasons that many are optimistic about former vice president biden's chances is that young voters, a lot of the voters that powered your campaign, are going to vote for joe biden. what would you say to anybody today who is still on the fence? >> well, seth, let me just say this that the younger generation in america today, and we should all

be proud of that as parents, is probably the most progressive generation in the history of this country it's the generation that's anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobia, anti-religious/bigotry and it appears that they are finally, finally beginning to vote in large numbers. in texas and in georgia, young people are coming out in droves, which could have a significant impact on traditional republican states and that's true all over this country. so that, i think, is a great thing. and by the way, it will go beyond this election i think it's transformative for american society if young people get deeply involved in the political process, and we are seeing that. in terms of what i would say to people who are still undecided, look, the election essentially is about two things. if you feel comfortable about having, and continue to have a

president who is a pathological liar, a president who does not believe in the constitution or the rule of law, and a president who does not believe in science. and when you don't believe in science, you cannot address the pandemic that we're seeing today, where the united states now has the highest per capita death rate for covid-19 of any major country on earth you cannot address the existential threat of climate change unless you believe in science. trump does not biden does and the other point that i would make that goes beyond donald trump, and that is we need a government that begins to pay attention to a working class in america today that is in very, very serious trouble unemployment, very high. wages, very low. 90 million people uninsured or underinsured

people cannot afford their prescription drugs they need kids cannot afford to go to college, or are leaving school deeply in debt 18 million families spending half of their limited income on housing. so, we have got to begin addressing the major crises facing working families in this country. trump certainly has not done that biden will begin to do that, and that's terribly important. so i think those are the basic reasons why people have got to get out and vote, and vote for biden. >> seth: i think you would probably admit that the democratic party got away from the working class a little bit this was a far more reliable bloc for the democratic party maybe in the '50s and '60s than it is today. say that in a biden presidency, should it come to pass, what would you encourage him to do to - >> good. >> bring the democratic party back to serving the working people in this country >> well seth, you're making a very important point that is not made often enough, to be honest with you and that is i think it is fair to say that in many ways the

democratic party has become a party of the coastal elites, folks who have a lot of money, upper middle class people, who are good people who believe in social justice in many respects. but i think for many, many years, the democratic party has not paid the kind of attention to working-class needs that they should have. and that has a lot to do with who funds campaigns, et cetera so i think what we have got to do -- and let me just tell you, we are working right now, as the united states senator from vermont, i am working on a hundred day program to get the democratic party, if we gain control over the senate, to start bursting out of the blocs in an effort to protect working people so what do we have to do first of all, immediately, we have to do what mitch mcconnell has not done, and that is pass a very substantive covid-19 emergency relief bill to help the millions of people who are

unemployed, who have lost their income and lost their health care and that means that $600 extension of that $600 supplement to unemployment it means a $1200 check for working families, working individuals all over this country. it means providing healthcare to those people who have lost it, aid to cities and towns so they don't have to lay off workers. second of all, we need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage to, at least $15 an hour, make it easier for workers to join unions. equal pay for equal work for women. we have got to expand healthcare to all people. we are the only major country on earth that does not guarantee healthcare to all people, and that's what we have got to do. we have got to deal with criminal justice we have to deal with immigration, so there is a ton of stuff that has to be done, but in the process, we've got to raise wages. we've got to create millions of good-paying jobs by rebuilding our infrastructure and transforming our energy system

away from fossil fuel, to energy efficiency and sustainable energy but apropos of what you said, if the democratic party does not stand firmly for working families, and have the courage to take on the drug companies, and the insurance companies, and the big money interests, shame on them. >> seth: a very surreal thing has happened in the time since you -- i should say since joe biden has become the nominee, which is donald trump, in ways, still seems to be running against you. he brings you up both as an example of what the party will be under a joe biden presidency, how far left it will be, and other times he seems to be courting bernie sanders supporters as the perfect donald trump voters. how has it been for you to watch him, sort of -- this weird sort of triangulation of what it means to be a bernie voter in so far as how it relates to him >> well, first thought, we understand that trump lies all of the time. and he's saying, "we're going to get all kinds of bernie

supporters." he's not the overwhelming majority of our supporters are going to be voting for biden because they understand that we cannot have four more years of donald trump. that's clear but i think what he also understands -- you know, when he goes to these rallies is that, our campaign, when i was running, had the largest rallies, i believe we had 25, 30 thousand people coming out and we have really strong support people feel deeply about the issues that i and other progressives have raised and trump is conscious of that he understands that we have supporters who desperately, desperately are demanding that we pass a medicare for all single payer program, that would deal with climate change, that would deal with the systemic racism and a terrible immigration system that our people feel passionately about the need to transform america and create a government that works for all.

he understands that. >> seth: last thing i want to ask you, you know, in the years since you've become sort of more of a national figure with your presidential campaigns, i think one of the things that people maybe would have expected least is how you have become close with, friends with dua lipa, halsey, cardi b., killer mike. [ laughter ] we obviously have talked about your young support were you familiar with these artists five years ago >> you're not going to tell anybody, right, if i give you the answer here? >> seth: i promise this is all off air. >> just between you and me, right? no, i was not, but i will tell you this you know, just talking to dua and to other of these young singers, i find them to be extremely bright and extremely engaged and they understand. in terms of dua, i was looking at, you know, at instagram

her songs have like 500 million views. can you believe that 500 -- you know, we got very excited if we got 2 million views. [ laughter ] >> seth: right >> 500 million views all over the world. and what she and the others, halsey and others, understand is that it's important to use their fame and the kind of support they have to bring young people into the political process and i think that that's a beautiful thing. >> seth: well, it is - they're some of my favorite conversations to watch and it's also wonderful to be on the other side of a conversation with you as well thank you so much for being here, senator. >> my pleasure >> seth: senator bernie sanders, everyone we'll be right back with shepard smith. ♪ another bundle in the books. got to hand it to you, jamie. your knowledge of victorian architecture

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>> seth: our next guest is the anchor and executive editor of "the news with shepard smith," which airs weeknights at 7:00 on cnbc please welcome back to the show shepard smith. how are you, shepard >> seth, i'm tired otherwise great. how are you? >> seth: i'm doing well. this is your new set you've launched your show about a month ago. how has it been launching during a pandemic >> oh, it's challenging. challenging. i've never hired a bunch of people without at least meeting them until now but we all kind of got to know each other over zoom and got all on the same, you know, sort of mind-set the truth, the facts, the news leave the pundits to somebody else and we're rolling >> seth: and, obviously, when you launch a new show, you put a lot of thought into the name you named it the news. you just mentioned the news. we are obviously in an age of disinformation how do you feel about the state of the industry as we're rolling into this election >> oh, you know, the industry. some people's idea is that they want to spread disinformation and misinformation to get you to think one way.

i mean, there's a lot of online properties doing that. and there's some that have just, you know, rolled out a bunch of opinions so that people can have their thoughts and ideas amplified. and then, there are those of us who just want to find out what's up and tell you about it with a little context and perspective because facts matter these days. >> seth: i won't comment too much about your previous employer but you did leave fox news after a long tenure was it a difficult decision to make the leap? >> no. [ laughter ] you know it -- >> seth: based on what you're saying, i can see why. >> no, i mean, i had kind of done it there, you know? what was the next challenge there? i wanted something fresh and new, in a new environment. i wasn't even sure i was going to go back to work, honestly i took some vacation, and then, sat out the pandemic, you know, sort of hunkered down style and thought about it a while and these people came to me and said no, what we really want to do is just the news. and we'll give you the resources. we have all of nbc universal, telemundo, and sky news overseas and so, we're just -- we're

uniquely situated to really just do the news. and it's fun >> seth: if you -- you've talked about punditry and if a viewer is not interested in that, what are the pressing issues that they think -- that you think people want to see when they tune in to a news channel >> well, we're focusing on - you know, everything kind of falls into buckets we're focusing on social justice, climate change, anti-racism. we're focusing on covid and politics right now and most everything sort of fits in there, doesn't it one seems to overlap another, the way the election and covid are colliding in front of us every day, you know, as it's been interesting and challenging to keep up with. they -- each of the candidates has his own lane one of them is saying due to the pandemic, we're keeping it low, and the other one is running around from city to city and rallying his base. and after it's all over, i guess one side or the other will look back and say, "oh, that was a bad strategy."

>> seth: yeah. >> we'll see which one it was, probably in, i don't know, a month, right >> seth: it seems like one lane is going with traffic and the other candidate's lane is going against it >> well, you know, you pick the lane that works for you. and sometimes, you know -- >> seth: sure. >> "mario kart" is not always, you know - >> seth: right >> -- without trouble but it's usually challenging and fun. >> seth: yeah. i mean, "mario kart's" is fun, but if you play it for four years straight with no break you're like, i've got to do something else >> yeah, likely. >> seth: i've got to go outside. [ laughter ] so i want to ask you about this. because, you know, obviously, we talked -- the courts are coming up as maybe playing a big role in this election, certainly with confirmation of amy coney barrett. and you covered -- you were in florida in 2000 during that, you know, hullabaloo do you see this coming down the turnpike the same way that it was in 2000? >> i feel like if one side or another has an avalanche, a landslide victory here that most of that stuff will go along the way side

you know, if you're a leader of a party and what you just tried to do failed miserably, likely those who failed down ballot will abandon you but if it's really close -- you know, i'll be watching pennsylvania really closely, because there's -- there are court decisions yet to be made about what to do about ballots that come in after november 3rd. in pennsylvania, they can have their outstanding ballots come in for a few more days and that's the kind of thing that can get held up in a legal tussle pennsylvania is one to really watch. florida, though, we may know on time and as florida goes, so goes the nation, i've heard said before so we'll see >> seth: it would be nice if florida could at least do us the decency of having an answer quickly. they've put us through a lot >> well, a florida man is in charge so we'll see. >> seth: they've put us through a lot over the years [ laughter ] we've had several guests on this show, myself, i'm also included in this group, that the president every now and then will tweet either his praise, or more often criticism you've been in the president's cross hairs over the years how does it feel when you see

your name on the leader of the free world's twitter feed? >> like he ought to have something really to do [ laughter ] i mean, it probably draws in eyeballs i mean, he has like, what, 60 million followers >> yeah. >> so if he wants to watch and tweet, that's fine but, you know, there's a serious part to this thing because i've always gotten the feeling that there are those who will change what it is they say and do based on what twitter comes at them about. and when we get to that position, we're really failing that, you know, the founding fathers put journalism in the constitution and nothing else for a reason, because it's important, and we work for the people it doesn't really matter what the leaders say. you have to get it right when you get it wrong, you have to apologize and correct it. you don't kowtow to anybody. >> seth: well, congratulations on the new gig, shepard. it's really nice to talk to you again. and i hope you have a calm tuesday night. >> that would be great and just the night, please

[ laughter ] >> seth: just one night. "the news with shepard smith" airs weeknights at 7:00 on cnbc. we'll be right back with music from sleaford mods ♪ action! faster, faster! they're gaining on you! ♪ [engine revving] that's good! come on come on! [spooky laugh] okay now! ♪ [yelling] ♪

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